A Very Busy Christmas Eve

Our Finished Tree
Decorating Our Gingerbread House

Prepping for The New Swing Set "Helping" Daddy

Having a Blast (In the Playground Bark)

"Helping" With her Own Hammer

Enjoying the Mini Picnic Table

Having a Picnic with Jeff

Setting Cookies our for Santa

Pouring Milk for Santa

Saying Bye to Elf Steve...until Next Year!

Zoe had a very busy day today. We started by finishing up our gingerbread house. She even caught a mistake she made...she was lining up candies on the roof, then realized two were not in line with the rest, so she moved those two down to make them in line with the others.

Then Daddy and Jeff decided today would be the day to start setting up the swing set that Papa, YiaYia, Nana, and Uncle Todd got her for Christmas. She did not quite understand until they began unloading playground bark into the space for her swing set. That started the super excitement...Zoe "helped" spread the bark out, then put the clubhouse portion together with her hammer. She had a small picnic with Jeff and even climbed to the top before it was all put together. It is sturdy enough for her to do that, but she is always so hesitant that I didn't think she would even think about it. Well, I was definitely wrong. She climbed to the top with no problem and hung out at the top...she even took her baby up there to check it out. Hopefully, she will have a full set to play on in the next couple of days.

We had a small get together at Jeff and Wendy's tonight to exchange gifts with our neighbors. Zoe was able to open a few gifts and play. She got a very cute doll with jammies on and matching jammies for herself and a Mrs. Potato Head.

After that Zoe put the cookies and milk out for Santa, said good-bye to Elf Steve (Hopefully we will see Steve again next year :) ) and went to bed. She was very tired, but really wanted to fight it. Sleep won!!! It wasn't hard and now we are excited that Santa has visited. Zoe has a HUGE stocking and it is filled to the brim. We are very excited to see her reaction in the morning.